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Journal of Smooth Muscle Research

Japan Society of Smooth Muscle Research
ISSN: 09168737, 18848796

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SCImago
Q3
SJR
0.434
CiteScore
3.0
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Physiology
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Years of issue
1991-2023, 2025
journal names
Journal of Smooth Muscle Research
Publications
535
Citations
5 923
h-index
34
Publications
35
Citations
1 550
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Nagoya City University
Nagoya City University (52 publications)
Hoshi University
Hoshi University (43 publications)
Toho University
Toho University (34 publications)
Kawasaki Medical School
Kawasaki Medical School (2 publications)
Nagoya City University
Nagoya City University (2 publications)
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
Japan (313 publications)
USA (37 publications)
Brazil (19 publications)
Japan (6 publications)
Brazil (1 publication)
USA (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Journal of Smooth Muscle Research
304 citations, 5.13%
European Journal of Pharmacology
137 citations, 2.31%
Neurogastroenterology and Motility
102 citations, 1.72%
American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
61 citations, 1.03%
American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
61 citations, 1.03%
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59 citations, 1%
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54 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
53 citations, 0.89%
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
41 citations, 0.69%
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
39 citations, 0.66%
Scientific Reports
38 citations, 0.64%
Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
37 citations, 0.62%
Frontiers in Pharmacology
35 citations, 0.59%
Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology
35 citations, 0.59%
American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
34 citations, 0.57%
Frontiers in Physiology
33 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
32 citations, 0.54%
American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
32 citations, 0.54%
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
31 citations, 0.52%
Molecules
28 citations, 0.47%
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25 citations, 0.42%
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25 citations, 0.42%
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
24 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
23 citations, 0.39%
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23 citations, 0.39%
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22 citations, 0.37%
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22 citations, 0.37%
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21 citations, 0.35%
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19 citations, 0.32%
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19 citations, 0.32%
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19 citations, 0.32%
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19 citations, 0.32%
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18 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Gastroenterology
18 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Physiological Sciences
17 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Urology
17 citations, 0.29%
Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators
17 citations, 0.29%
Pharmacological Reviews
16 citations, 0.27%
American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology
16 citations, 0.27%
Physiological Reports
16 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
16 citations, 0.27%
Acta Physiologica
15 citations, 0.25%
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
15 citations, 0.25%
Peptides
15 citations, 0.25%
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15 citations, 0.25%
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
14 citations, 0.24%
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14 citations, 0.24%
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14 citations, 0.24%
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
14 citations, 0.24%
Nutrients
13 citations, 0.22%
Cardiovascular Research
13 citations, 0.22%
Biomolecules
13 citations, 0.22%
Pharmacology
13 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
13 citations, 0.22%
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
12 citations, 0.2%
BJU International
12 citations, 0.2%
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
12 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
12 citations, 0.2%
Hypertension
12 citations, 0.2%
The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology
12 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Cellular Physiology
11 citations, 0.19%
Neuroscience
11 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Hypertension
11 citations, 0.19%
World Journal of Surgery
11 citations, 0.19%
Experimental Physiology
11 citations, 0.19%
Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
11 citations, 0.19%
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11 citations, 0.19%
Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
10 citations, 0.17%
Cellular Signalling
10 citations, 0.17%
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10 citations, 0.17%
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10 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Vascular Surgery
10 citations, 0.17%
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10 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
10 citations, 0.17%
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9 citations, 0.15%
Biology of Reproduction
9 citations, 0.15%
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9 citations, 0.15%
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9 citations, 0.15%
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
9 citations, 0.15%
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9 citations, 0.15%
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9 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Vascular Access
9 citations, 0.15%
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9 citations, 0.15%
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9 citations, 0.15%
Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology
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8 citations, 0.14%
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8 citations, 0.14%
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8 citations, 0.14%
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8 citations, 0.14%
Reproductive Sciences
8 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers in Medicine
8 citations, 0.14%
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Elsevier
1318 citations, 22.25%
Springer Nature
809 citations, 13.66%
Wiley
794 citations, 13.41%
American Physiological Society
320 citations, 5.4%
MDPI
238 citations, 4.02%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
190 citations, 3.21%
Japan Society of Smooth Muscle Research
185 citations, 3.12%
Taylor & Francis
154 citations, 2.6%
126 citations, 2.13%
Frontiers Media S.A.
124 citations, 2.09%
SAGE
90 citations, 1.52%
Hindawi Limited
87 citations, 1.47%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
83 citations, 1.4%
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
63 citations, 1.06%
Oxford University Press
59 citations, 1%
S. Karger AG
53 citations, 0.89%
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
52 citations, 0.88%
Spandidos Publications
33 citations, 0.56%
Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
33 citations, 0.56%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
30 citations, 0.51%
Mary Ann Liebert
29 citations, 0.49%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
29 citations, 0.49%
Canadian Science Publishing
27 citations, 0.46%
Baishideng Publishing Group
27 citations, 0.46%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
25 citations, 0.42%
Pleiades Publishing
24 citations, 0.41%
Walter de Gruyter
21 citations, 0.35%
American Thoracic Society
21 citations, 0.35%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
20 citations, 0.34%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
19 citations, 0.32%
Cambridge University Press
15 citations, 0.25%
BMJ
15 citations, 0.25%
14 citations, 0.24%
IMR Press
12 citations, 0.2%
The Company of Biologists
12 citations, 0.2%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
12 citations, 0.2%
Remedium, Ltd.
11 citations, 0.19%
Japanese Pharmacological Society
11 citations, 0.19%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
10 citations, 0.17%
Society for the Study of Reproduction
10 citations, 0.17%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
9 citations, 0.15%
Media Sphere Publishing House
9 citations, 0.15%
The Endocrine Society
8 citations, 0.14%
eLife Sciences Publications
8 citations, 0.14%
Bioscientifica
8 citations, 0.14%
IntechOpen
8 citations, 0.14%
The Korean Physiological Society and The Korean Society of Pharmacology
8 citations, 0.14%
Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
8 citations, 0.14%
IOS Press
7 citations, 0.12%
American Veterinary Medical Association
7 citations, 0.12%
Akademiai Kiado
7 citations, 0.12%
6 citations, 0.1%
AIP Publishing
6 citations, 0.1%
American Society of Nephrology
6 citations, 0.1%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.1%
The Japanese Circulation Society
6 citations, 0.1%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
6 citations, 0.1%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5 citations, 0.08%
Eco-Vector LLC
5 citations, 0.08%
AME Publishing Company
5 citations, 0.08%
Medknow
5 citations, 0.08%
Annual Reviews
5 citations, 0.08%
Science Alert
5 citations, 0.08%
SciELO
5 citations, 0.08%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
4 citations, 0.07%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
4 citations, 0.07%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
4 citations, 0.07%
Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
4 citations, 0.07%
4 citations, 0.07%
The Physiological Society of Japan
4 citations, 0.07%
The Korean Urological Association
4 citations, 0.07%
Scientific Research Publishing
4 citations, 0.07%
The American Association of Immunologists
4 citations, 0.07%
Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
4 citations, 0.07%
XMLink
4 citations, 0.07%
Rockefeller University Press
3 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
3 citations, 0.05%
King Saud University
3 citations, 0.05%
Portland Press
3 citations, 0.05%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.05%
Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors
3 citations, 0.05%
Tohoku University Medical Press
3 citations, 0.05%
3 citations, 0.05%
Japan Atherosclerosis Society
3 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Nutrition
3 citations, 0.05%
Eui-Hak Publishing and Printing Co.
3 citations, 0.05%
Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the NASU
3 citations, 0.05%
International Society Histology & Cytology
3 citations, 0.05%
OAE Publishing Inc.
3 citations, 0.05%
A and V Publications
3 citations, 0.05%
The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics
3 citations, 0.05%
Brieflands
3 citations, 0.05%
Japan Society for Oriental Medicine
3 citations, 0.05%
2 citations, 0.03%
American Diabetes Association
2 citations, 0.03%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.03%
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
2 citations, 0.03%
Asian Network for Scientific Information
2 citations, 0.03%
2 citations, 0.03%
Lavoisier
2 citations, 0.03%
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Nagoya City University
52 publications, 9.72%
Hoshi University
43 publications, 8.04%
Toho University
34 publications, 6.36%
Niigata University
17 publications, 3.18%
Kyushu University
12 publications, 2.24%
Jikei University School of Medicine
12 publications, 2.24%
Nara Medical University
12 publications, 2.24%
Hiroshima University
11 publications, 2.06%
Kawasaki Medical School
11 publications, 2.06%
Seoul National University
9 publications, 1.68%
University of Tokyo
9 publications, 1.68%
Showa University
9 publications, 1.68%
Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
8 publications, 1.5%
Osaka Metropolitan University
8 publications, 1.5%
Akita University
8 publications, 1.5%
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
7 publications, 1.31%
Sapporo Medical University
7 publications, 1.31%
Kitasato University
7 publications, 1.31%
Okayama University
6 publications, 1.12%
Tohoku University
5 publications, 0.93%
Nihon University
5 publications, 0.93%
Yamaguchi University
5 publications, 0.93%
Fukuoka University
5 publications, 0.93%
King Khalid University
4 publications, 0.75%
University College London
4 publications, 0.75%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
4 publications, 0.75%
Chungbuk National University
4 publications, 0.75%
Midwestern University
4 publications, 0.75%
Nagoya University
4 publications, 0.75%
McMaster University
4 publications, 0.75%
Juntendo University
4 publications, 0.75%
Gunma University
4 publications, 0.75%
Federal University of Paraiba
4 publications, 0.75%
University of São Paulo
4 publications, 0.75%
Medical University of Silesia
4 publications, 0.75%
Jamia Millia Islamia
3 publications, 0.56%
Selcuk University
3 publications, 0.56%
Murdoch University
3 publications, 0.56%
Tokyo Medical University
3 publications, 0.56%
Kagawa University
3 publications, 0.56%
Kyorin University
3 publications, 0.56%
Iwate Medical University
3 publications, 0.56%
Saitama University
3 publications, 0.56%
University of Fukui
3 publications, 0.56%
Okayama University of Science
3 publications, 0.56%
University of Calgary
3 publications, 0.56%
First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg
2 publications, 0.37%
I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.37%
University of Delhi
2 publications, 0.37%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.37%
Jordan University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.37%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.37%
Monash University
2 publications, 0.37%
Flinders University
2 publications, 0.37%
Columbia University
2 publications, 0.37%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 0.37%
Sungkyunkwan University
2 publications, 0.37%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.37%
Inje University
2 publications, 0.37%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.37%
Asahikawa Medical University
2 publications, 0.37%
Tokai University
2 publications, 0.37%
Hokkaido University
2 publications, 0.37%
Medical College of Wisconsin
2 publications, 0.37%
Thomas Jefferson University
2 publications, 0.37%
Gifu University
2 publications, 0.37%
Fujita Health University
2 publications, 0.37%
Hyogo Medical University
2 publications, 0.37%
Yamagata University
2 publications, 0.37%
Dokkyo Medical University
2 publications, 0.37%
Universidade Estadual Paulista
2 publications, 0.37%
University of Leicester
2 publications, 0.37%
Nihon Pharmaceutical University
2 publications, 0.37%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.37%
University of Idaho
2 publications, 0.37%
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
1 publication, 0.19%
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur
1 publication, 0.19%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Sindh
1 publication, 0.19%
Loyola College
1 publication, 0.19%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.19%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Bordeaux
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Turin
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.19%
Kanazawa University
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Verona
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.19%
Shantou University
1 publication, 0.19%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.19%
Air Force Medical University
1 publication, 0.19%
Qingdao University
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.19%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.19%
Macquarie University
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.19%
Hunter Medical Research Institute
1 publication, 0.19%
Charles Sturt University
1 publication, 0.19%
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University of Tokyo
2 publications, 5.71%
Nagoya City University
2 publications, 5.71%
Kawasaki Medical School
2 publications, 5.71%
Okayama University of Science
2 publications, 5.71%
Jamia Millia Islamia
1 publication, 2.86%
Loyola College
1 publication, 2.86%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 2.86%
University of Turin
1 publication, 2.86%
University College London
1 publication, 2.86%
University of Verona
1 publication, 2.86%
Charles Sturt University
1 publication, 2.86%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
1 publication, 2.86%
Duke University
1 publication, 2.86%
McMaster University
1 publication, 2.86%
Kyushu University
1 publication, 2.86%
Thomas Jefferson University
1 publication, 2.86%
Juntendo University
1 publication, 2.86%
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
1 publication, 2.86%
Kitasato University
1 publication, 2.86%
Kumamoto University Hospital
1 publication, 2.86%
Gifu University
1 publication, 2.86%
University of Yamanashi
1 publication, 2.86%
Kagawa University
1 publication, 2.86%
Yamaguchi University
1 publication, 2.86%
Tokyo Medical University Hospital
1 publication, 2.86%
Aichi Medical University
1 publication, 2.86%
Fukuoka University
1 publication, 2.86%
Kochi University
1 publication, 2.86%
Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
1 publication, 2.86%
Dokkyo Medical University
1 publication, 2.86%
Azabu University
1 publication, 2.86%
Okayama University Hospital
1 publication, 2.86%
Chouaib Doukkali University
1 publication, 2.86%
Mayo Clinic
1 publication, 2.86%
Hoshi University
1 publication, 2.86%
New York Medical College
1 publication, 2.86%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 2.86%
University of Rijeka
1 publication, 2.86%
Universidad Central de Venezuela
1 publication, 2.86%
Medical University of Silesia
1 publication, 2.86%
University of Idaho
1 publication, 2.86%
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Japan, 313, 58.5%
Japan
313 publications, 58.5%
USA, 37, 6.92%
USA
37 publications, 6.92%
Brazil, 19, 3.55%
Brazil
19 publications, 3.55%
Republic of Korea, 15, 2.8%
Republic of Korea
15 publications, 2.8%
Australia, 11, 2.06%
Australia
11 publications, 2.06%
United Kingdom, 7, 1.31%
United Kingdom
7 publications, 1.31%
Canada, 7, 1.31%
Canada
7 publications, 1.31%
India, 6, 1.12%
India
6 publications, 1.12%
Nigeria, 4, 0.75%
Nigeria
4 publications, 0.75%
Saudi Arabia, 4, 0.75%
Saudi Arabia
4 publications, 0.75%
China, 3, 0.56%
China
3 publications, 0.56%
Turkey, 3, 0.56%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.56%
Russia, 2, 0.37%
Russia
2 publications, 0.37%
France, 2, 0.37%
France
2 publications, 0.37%
Jordan, 2, 0.37%
Jordan
2 publications, 0.37%
Italy, 2, 0.37%
Italy
2 publications, 0.37%
Germany, 1, 0.19%
Germany
1 publication, 0.19%
Ukraine, 1, 0.19%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.19%
Malaysia, 1, 0.19%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.19%
Morocco, 1, 0.19%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.19%
Pakistan, 1, 0.19%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.19%
Poland, 1, 0.19%
Poland
1 publication, 0.19%
Sweden, 1, 0.19%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.19%
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Japan, 6, 17.14%
Japan
6 publications, 17.14%
USA, 1, 2.86%
USA
1 publication, 2.86%
Brazil, 1, 2.86%
Brazil
1 publication, 2.86%
Italy, 1, 2.86%
Italy
1 publication, 2.86%
Morocco, 1, 2.86%
Morocco
1 publication, 2.86%
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